Evening Telegram (St. John's, N.L.), 1889-06-06

              THE EVENING TELEGRAM. VOL. ii. PRICE: ONE CENT. ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND, THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1889 $3.00 PER ANNUM NO. 131 Latest by Telegraph. I thelons to wn tragedy. 18611 Tlionsanfl Victims Reported JHERY BUREAU AT HALIFAX. Arrangements Highly Satisfactory Halifax, N.S., June o. The latest estimate place* the number of victims of the Johnstown tragedy at fifteen thousand, and the property loss at thirty millions of dollars. Navigation of the Chesapeake is obstructed by debris carried down by the flood. A Dominion fish bureau has been established at Halifax, (baits, including the West Coast of Newfound la ml have been specially prepared by Gordon for daily marking positions of the different kinds of fish and the whereabonts of American vessels. A hundred and ten correspondents at different points will telegraph daily. The fishing interests are delighted with these arrangements. FROM CAPE RACE. (Special to the '• Evening Telegram.") (aim: Race, This Evening. Wind light and variable with dense fog and heavy sea. The steamer Volunteer went inward at noon. Barometer 30; thermometer 57. FAIR PLAY. GENTLEMEN! m.  Don't Make Fish of One and Flesh of Another. (Editor "Evening Telegram.,') Dear Sir,—ln culling over the names of tk'juroo, in the o:isp of the (Jueen vermu Far nell thf other day. I noticed th;it in the case of several of the names called the jurors concerned failed to answer to them and no notice seemed to be taken of these absent ones, from which circumstance the impression prevailed that the absent jurors, or those who had purjv.si.iy Biairi Mu.iy, hut] the best of it. If Bach is the cas,-, Mr. Editor, I think it is a great hardship and is likely to promote disobedience to the summons of the Court and a total disregard of the duty that citizens owe to the commonwealth and to one another. In a case lately called I know that a respectable tradesman (a plumber) who attended the summons of the Court was tendered the munificent sum of two dollars for two days, attendance as a juryman, while a fellow tradesman who staid Way and treated the summons of the Court with contempt fell into a job of work that lasted a week, in consequence of the other's absence, and brought him in over eighteen dollars. I only mention this instance to show how wrong it would be t<. make " fish of one and fcrt of another," for, Kr, Editor, in the eye of j the law all men are equal, and if the law "does not respect and enforce respect for itself, how uiu it look for respect from others? Many a '"'an with a large family has had his whole Malaga em short because he respected the ■tadate of the Court, while through influence wwhat not. the jury summons was disregarded by another with impunity. Yours, Mr. Editor, A CHILDLESS MAX. BL John's, June ii, 1889. THE DIPHTHERIA EPIDEMIC. One of tlie Ways 6y WJiich It Is Spread. (Editor •• Evening Telegram.") Dkak Sir,—Aβ the diphtheria epidemic 's still on the increase, despite all the means used to stmnj, it out, would you allow mc to point out one of the ways by which it is spread? On Water Street there are about MO young men in the shops, most of whom are married and have families. Persons from infected houses go about the shops, regardless of the fact that they carry about with them the germs of the disease. The clerks have to handle the same goods and inhale their breath, and then go home, perhaps to take it to their families. Some of these clerks are at the present time in the ■Oepital. Others are homo with it themselves, and a large number are away from business on account of it being in their families. Now, sir, would it not be well [or the Board of Health to compel all shops 10 close at G o'clock every night? The Present arrangement is that they keep open °n Saturday nights until :> o'clock, when Water Strict will be crowded with people walkinir up and down, and very few purchasing anything. As the atmosphere in we summer i> doso enough .luring the day, what must it he it, the shops after tea when We gas is burning? This of itself is quite e»ough to Lived sickness. What is the use ot trying to stamp it out with one hand, jtoue with the other we invite it to remain? *Ny not close at fi p.m., and thus prevent wedisease from being hawked around more «*n is absolutely necessary? Treating the board of Health will see the Wvisability of this, I remain, yours, &c, L T . PREVENTION. P* -'ohns. .lune fi, 1889, A PLEA FOR THE CLERKS. Movement in Favor of Closing on Saturday Nights. ("Editor "Evening Telegram.-') Dear Sir,—lt seems to mc that the time has arrived when we may, without the least inconvenience to the trade, have our dry goods stores closed at 0 o'clock on Saturday nights during the summer. By the arrangement just made, I see we are to close at 9 this season. This is certainly a step in the right direction ; but still that means it will be 10 before we get clear. Now, sir, in view of the fact that we do nothing at all during the day (if this statement is not true some one will please contradict it), Saturday is, without exception, the dullest day of the week, for the simple reason that the people won't come out to buy until after tea, when they know the shops are open. And more particularly should we close at 6 o'clock this season, now that we are passiug through such a severe epidemic. It would enable any of us who felt so inclined, to go out in the country by the Saturday night train to spend Sunday. I should think it would be a great boon to the employer, as well as employee. I would like to know what our merchants think of the movement; if they think it practicable? We don't want to do anything that we think would be against our employers' interest. The banks close at 3 o'clock, and nobody is inconvenienced by it. Then customers have to do business during business hours. Factories and all tradespeople leave off work earlier on Saturdays, and I am sure our customers would only be too glad to do their shopping during the day when they know that by so doing they are giving over 300 young men the Saturday night off. I would suggest that the gentlemen who so successfully arranged to close at 6 this week, would take this matter in hand, and I feel sure they would succeed in getting all our stores to close at 6 O'ClOCk on Saturday- Yours. &ft., DRY GOODS. St. John's, June 5, 1889. sew Ai>vi;nTa*n;Tii;vr*. Business notice L. liedmond Cran and fox berries J. & \y. Pitts Hot and cold baths, etc F. Ilamlin Logan's Stump Extractor. Clift, Wood & Co Magazines, newspapers, etc S. E. Garland Jersey bull for hire Wm. Campbell Doctor's certificate X. S. Fraser Strayed - a red and white cow return to T. C'oady Wanted—a situation as housekeeper see advmt QBSERVE !—Pillsbury's Best and /"* Stockwell. These two favorite Family Flours in sacks of one stone each, for sale at our New Cash Grocery Store. Trice :50 cents per sack. inav29 JAMES MURRAY. J ANCASTER Co. Chocolate Cara*-* mels.—ln boxes at tl, ft 1.50 and $2 each, all flavors, suitable for retailers, and quite fresh. Call and see them at the New Cash Grocery Store. inay29 JAMES MURUAY. "yCTHARF STICKS, FENCE MAvv terial, Scantling, (all sizes) Wharf Plank, Puncheon Hoops, &c. Several cargoes of above for sale at Brooking,*. JAMES MURRAY. OLEEVE STUDS & BUTTONS, v Scarf Pins, Brooches, Ear Rings—very cheap, at K. OHMAN'S, Watchmaker, Atlantic Hotel Building. junel,stt ALMOST GIVEN AWAY «♦+  $4= ;per Tori. .*.  GPTo clear our stores for new wheat flour we offer 500 barrels Very White Flour at $4.00 per brl, cash, at Brooking's.junes,fp JAS. MURRAY. FREIGHT! Should sufficient Freight offer now at Quebec, would load at Montreal for this Port. Rates moderate. iune ,3fp JOB BROTHERS & Co. $3.00 PER BRL " The Meal that Never Sours." —■—.*.  We offer 500 barrels i HANSON'S YELLOW MEAL, s^-At <f»:i.OO per barrel to clear, At Brooking"*. i'"P JAMES MURRAY. NORTH SYDNEY COAL Reduced to $4.50 (225. 6d.) per ton, | sent home, from Brooking's. n*aylB JAS. MURRAY, 1 Batf Si ALL the Stock in Trade of the In"*^,, solvent Estate of I). Smallwood, consisting of: Men's High Deck Double & Single-Sole Boots Men's Long and Short Napoleon Boots. Men's Long and Short Stoges. Men's f-Boots. Men's i-Boots. Men's £-Boots. Men's Elastic-Side Boots. Men's Bluchers. Men's Laced Shoes. Boy's Deck Boots. Boy's Laced Boots. Women's, Misses' & Children's Boots & Shoes (BSr\VLI, QUALITIES AND SIZES. ROANS, FITTINGS, UPPERS, &c. will be offered at clearing prices. Special inducements to wholesale purchasers. Terms: Cash. N.B.—All parties indebted to the Estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned, on the premises, who is alone authorised to give receipts for the same. 1 By order trustee,) marl2,fp ALFRED PIKE. Pillsbnry's Best. Just received, ex " Coban," from the "Mills, 125 BARRELS Fresb - Ground Pillslinry's Best. m»y2i,fp JAS. MURRAY. fats, Butter, Cheese. JI»T HH( llVllfr. Ex 4% Peruvian" from Liverpool, and "Polino,, from Montreal, AT McBRIDE'S HILL, 50 cases New Currants, 20 tubs new grass Dairy Butter, 20 new Cheese. *a? 27 JAMES WMRRAy. WEW ADVERTISEMENTS. MEW ADVERTISEMENTS. JUDGMENT DELAYED] I Judgment in favor of C. Macpherson's 20 cent Tea will be given by Thousands of people in St. John's within a few days. This is the Best Tea ever offered at the price. Only Twenty Cents per lb. Made up in One -:- Pound -:- Packages. :-o"<>^o-<>-0-0-0-OH>-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-O^^H>-0-0-0-0-o^^AT C. MACPHERSON'S, Sign of the Leopard. 279 Water Street. At Parnell's. WE ARE SELLING  "OEST quality English Green Peas, best quality Beans—good boilers, at lowest prices, rs" Our 60-cent. Tea is great and good in quality and quantity. At F. PARNELL'S, 131 WATER STREET £EST\ Received! 100,000 PAPER BAGS, ALL SIZES.) * 500 Reams White Counter Paper. 500RRamse*ams Yellow Straw Paper. JOIL J/' lot of PaPer and Bags will be sold at a very low price! G. E. BEARNS,  $4,50 per ton To Bankers! > J AM READY TO SUPPLY BANKkers with Ice and Bait (at Pouch Cove) for the Season. j CRUSHY. KOii SALE 20 Barrels No. 1 lite Rockland Line, Ex " Beta," from Boston. mayl7,fp JAS. MURRAY. Potatoes. 200 barrels choice Eating and Seed Potatoes. FOR -:- *4 n: -:- BY CLIFT, WOOD & Co. june4 iiAFvfe -♦. _. TXTE offer 1000 barrels Choice Superior Extra Flour, at Brooking's, For $5.50 per brl., cash. may 27 JAMES MURRAY. For Sale By DRYER & GREENE -:- 80 barrels -:- Superior FLOUR, june 4 Fisherman's Favorite, $4.40 per brl. Building tad. «♦*  TO BE LET, QN Building Leases, Land belonging to Branscombe's Estate, situate on Barter's Hill and streets running west to qext road. mav3o,2wfp(tMt W? * G, RENPEU., HTJBW ADVERTIMEMEXTM. -:-JUST RECEIVED, T ATEST English Fashions & Maga- zincs. Latest English Comics and Newspapers. Sunlight out of Gloom, by C. M. Braeme, 20c. Eve at the Wheel, by G. M. Fenn, 27c. Social Vicissitudes, by F. C. Philips, 50c. Paul Jones, by Alexander Dumas, 14c. The Young Ladies' Journal—complete. Guide to the Work Table, only 40c. Also—Office Requisites, consisting of—copying letter books, copying presses, damping brushes, bill files, apron files, spike files, copying and writing ink, ballpointed and other pens, penholders, account & memo, books—various sizes, india rubber bands, and a cheap line of stationery, &c., &c. junec s. E. GARLAND. LOGAN'S Celebrated Patent SUP EXTRACTOR! IS THE BEST YET INVENTED. TT HAS MANY SUPERIOR AD- A vantages over all other Machines of the kind, viz. It needs no Triangle to operate it. It will not need as much shifting and moving as other Machines, for, by fastening it to one stump all stumps can be drawn within a circle, the diameter of which is twice the length of the chain used. It will bring up the slack chain much quicker than any other machine, by changing the crank from one shaft to the other. It weighs only 210 lbs., and every pound of strain applied to the crank will draw 138 lbs. on the chain. llt will draw and turn the stumps over, thus giving easy access for removing the earth, etc. It will draw and turn over a forest of trees or second growth without being first cut down. It is excellent power to press Hay. It is superior to any machine of its weight to remove buildings, or do any other heavy hauling. TESTIMONIALS: " The stumping machine arrived safely, it far surpassed our anticipations. I must congratulate you on the complete success of your invention." Milford, Oct. 19th, 18&). M. A. Doyle. " The machine is well worth the money, and we are not sorry for buying it." James McDonald. Salmon Hirer Road, Oct. 19th, 1885. " Would not part with my share of the stumping machine for twice the money I paid for it if I could not get another. My partner says he could not do without it." DtNCAN Kerk. Big Bras dOr, March 16th, 1886. " I can assure you that the Logan stumping machine, purchased from you, has given mc the very highest satisfaction. I can with the greatest confidence recommend it to the public." William McPhersox Miller. Sutherland's River, July 6th, 1886. " Having used Logan's stumping machine, made by you, on my new farm near Thorburn this summer, I can say that it gave mc entire satisfaction. When set in its place, it can be easily worked with one man. It is worthy of all that has been said in its praise, and I would heartily recommend it to those who have stumps to unroot, as it saves a great deal of labor and at the same time expense." Andrew Weir, ir. Thorburn, July 13th, 1886. -:- DIRECTIONS. :-Ist—Fasten it with the short chain and two arms to a permanent stump. 2nd—Move the machine ahead, to prevent it from dragging along the ground and breaking the hind legs. 3rd—Be sure and have it in line with the stump about to be extracted, for pulling it to one side is apt to strain it. 4th—Lay the machine chain in the chain wheel, and take all the twist out of it. Then fasten the stump chain to the stump to be extracted. If the stump is sound, hitch the chain as high up as possible, which will give it lever power. Then connect the two chains with the bars. 5th—Put the cranks on the lower spindle, and run up the slack chain. Then see the pall is down to hold the slack, change the cranks to the upper spindle, and turn them contrary to when taking up the slack chain. sample machine maybe seen, and quotations given, on application to CLIFT, WOOD & Co., june6,li Agents for Newfoundland. Cm ail k Berries! FOR SALE BY 25 barrels  CRAN & FOX BERRIES. june6,fp RE TO FARMERI The subscriber has a Pure Breed Jersey Bull for service at the Farm of J. L. Ross, Esq. EpFee $i.oo. WM. CAMPBELL, june O.li Butcher. TO T ■ i-tg"|* For the summer months, that commodious Dwelling House, known as bat Will's On Pennywell Road, about ten minutes' walk from Water-st., containing about 13 rooms, suitable for 2 families. N.B.—with or without stabling, garden and grounds Apply immediately, to DENIS DOOLEY, Water-st. FOR SALE BY J. & W. PITTS, 1800 bushels Pptatoes, 934 bushej,. H*a*\ fafe 90 ¥wMn Turnip*. mew a i»vi:kti*i;ti 1 \T*. ITIFCOUIi can be had at Hamlin's New Hairdressing Saloon, Jgfover Fenelon's Bookstore, until 8 p.m. P. S.— Sample Rooms-To Let. juneG,3fp,tst M Idtt iff 11 w*slles to state that he is in a position to take orders — in the ilililiiiii Having had good experience in Tailoring, guarantees perfect satisfaction in every respect. L. REDMOND, 44 New Gower St., next Messrs. J. B. & G. Ayre's. june6,4i,tstt,2fp J. C. NORMAN, Hair Dresser. JC. N. BEGS RESPECTFULLY • to intimate to his numerous customers that he has, in addition to his Hair Dressing business on Mc- Bride's Hill, opened out a Branch Hair Dressing business in that shop lately occupied by Mr. Franklin Hamlin, and directly opposite the Book-store of G. S. Milligan, where he will be from this date pleased to see his numerous customers and the general public. N.B.—My East-end shop, on Mcßride's Hill, is now in charge of Mr. John Cox, he having had some five years experience. Motto:—Punctuality, time and attention. junes,4ifp Odnd Baik of NewTlai(. THE Annual General Meeting of the Proprietors of this Company, pursuant to the Act of Incorporation, will be held at 12 o'clock, on SATURDAY, 15th June next, at the Banking House in Duckworth Street, for the purpose of Electing Directors and for the despatch of business. By order of the Board. june4,3fp JAMES GOLDIE, Manager HAMLIN'S lew Eiteig Saloon TS NOW OPEN OVER FENELON & Co.'s Book - Store, where my customers and friends will find mc during business hours. P. S. — My West-end shop, next Parker & Monroe's Boot & Shoe store, is now in charge of Mr. Henry Bibbings.FRANKLIN HAMLIN, june4,3fp Proprietor. -:-JUST ARRIVED, Ex S.S. Bonavisla from Montreal, 500 Brls Choice Patent Flour, Bonus 750 Brls Superior Flour, Daisy. 35 Tubs Selected Dairy Butter. BOTHWELL & BOWRINB, Extra Prime Fork. » low ii\ni\<. -:- 100 Barrels Extra Prime !-:- Cuhady Bros. Barnes <Sc Co. june4,3*tp Gold-Plated Ladies7 and Gent's WATCH - CHAINS. β^r-A Splendid assortment, from 50 cents to $6 each. Latest patterns, at N. OHMAN'S, apl2,fp Atlantic Hotel Building. I certify that Mr. Frank Walsh's children are now quite free from diphtheria, and that his house has been thoroughly cleansed. june6,li N. S. FRASEB. Strayed, on Tuesday last—a large red and white Cow, with short horns. The finder will be rewarded on leaving information at Thomas or John Coady's, Water Street. Wanted, 2 Row Boats. Must be light and well built. Apply letter 8.C., "Telegram" office, stating price and dimensions, &c. js,2fp Wanted, a situation as working housekeeper, housemaid, or plain cook—with rfifpr^nf*"!; refpr to this offirp, jiii}ef.,]i